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Sunday, September 30, 2012

JRDN Review

I had the best time at JRDN in Pacific Beach, but I was also with a VIP in whatever sense of the word you want to interpret that, so my experience may be a little biased, just FYI.

JRDN's a stylish restaurant/hotel right on the water that serves sandwiches by day and steak by night. It's got a simple menu with lots of big words that I can barely pronounce, so that tells you that everything is probably really, really good. Keep in mind my phone is operating a bit slower these days so some of these pictures aren't the best quality since I can only hold my camera over the table for so long. But let's get into it!

Okay, so, leading off I had something that I've never eaten before: Quail:

Bitesize bird

The quail was outstanding. May just order a couple of these in place of an entree. Beautifully cooked and seasoned with an orgasmic crispy skin and cherry sauce with a rice-like stuffing. I'd snack on these likes apples if I could.

Mussels with garlic bread

A tray of fine cheeses imported from Norway, Sweden, and the Andromeda Galaxy

The cheeses and mussels went hand-in-hand here. You took some bread, cheese, and mussels/sauce and combined them altogether into some sort of perverse flavor orgasm.

The appetizers were very impressive. I'm not really an appetizer guy but holy crap I would seriously consider just getting apps the next time I go here. But the entree was just as impressive as I partook in something else that I've never eaten before: Duck:

Duck breasts would definitely benefit from implants

The duck was most outstanding but what's possibly more impressive is that I actually unknowingly ate some mushrooms. See those stringy things beneath the peach at the top of the plate? I had no idea that I was eating arguably one of the most disgusting foods in the universe, but I apparently I was. And then someone pointed out that they were mushrooms and that was the end of that.

Halibut

Swordfish

Mandatory steak

All solid. Next time I think I'll go for the steak since, you know, I'm a steak guy. But what great meal isn't complete without a sweet, tasty dessert?

Ah yes, the dessert tray

What's better than drooling over the dessert tray? How about eating the entire dessert tray? This was totally awesome - got to have a bit of all of the above. You see that cheesecake in the upper left? Peanut butter and jelly cheesecake. Pretty twisted but good.

So yeah. Really good place and delicious food. If only they had some quail snackers then they'd be the best.